Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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